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Patented Feb. 11, 1930 UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE ALFRED s. means, or NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR ro THE Anco, me, on NEW YORK,

1v. Y., A conronnrron or NEW YORK SIGN Application filed May 19, 1927. Serial a... 192,506.

This invention relates to display devices adapted for use in advertising signs and the like, and with respect toits more specific features, to the provision of such devices adapted for eflicient securing to a support.

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a practical device of the character referred to adapted to be secured to its support so as not to mar the support or the device itself, and so that the deviceshall present a fine appearance when on display.

Another object of-the invention is (the provision of alsimpleand efficient sign readily attachable to a transparent support, such as a '15} a plate of glass, andso as tobe viewed through the glass, the securing device being either invisible or so arranged as to be of no visibleprominence in the whole sign.

Other objects of: the invention willbe in part obvious and will in part appear hereinafter. i

. The invention accordingly comprises an article of manufacture possessing the features, properties, and the relation of elements which will be exemplified in the article hereinafter described and the scope ofthe application of which will be indicated in the claims. p i a For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of theinventionreference should be had to the following detailed; description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig.1 is a plan view of which maybe used.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section of Fig. 1, on a a display device larger scale.

"which, in the embodiment illustrated, is a plate of smooth transparent glass, such for sent the letter A, and is intended to be attached to the support 1 for display purposes.

For descriptive purposes herein, the periphal marginal portion of the frame 2 is indicated by the numeral 3, the inner or body portion of the frame being generally indicated by the numeral 4.

The numeral 5 indicates a coat of cement adhering to the support]. and to the under face of the marginal portion 3, which under face serves as a marginal securing faceof frame 2. The numerals 6 indicate apertures 1n the marginal portion of the frame 2. In the present embodiment the apertures 6 are perforations extending completely through the frame 2. The. numeral 7 indicates a cement pin. In the embodiment illustrated the pin 7 extends from end to end of the aperture 6 and adheres to the inner wall of said aperture. At the end of the aperture remote fromthe intervening cement 5, the

the outer face of the frame 2 .closely adjacent ing to the frame. The pin 7 rises fromthe intervening cement 5 and is an integral portion of said intervening cement.

In practice the construction above described may be provided by first coating with cement 5 the smooth rear face 9 of the support 1. Thereupon the under securing face of the marginal, flat, flange-like, portion, of the frame 2 is pressed onto the cement coat 5, while the cement is relatively soft, with the result that the cement will penetrate the apertures, or holes 6, and form cement pins occupying the apertures and tending to restrain lateral, or sliding, movement of the frame on '75 .pin 7 has a cement head 8 which overlaps the support,the adherence of thecement to display frame 2 on the support 1. The heads 8 for the respective pins 7 may be provided by applying a coat of cement to the outer face of the marginal portion of the frame 2. Should the length of the aperture 6 not be completely occupied by the projecting cement pins 7, portions of the outer coat of cement will enter the apertures 6 and merge with the cement coming from the intervening coat; the outer coat, the intervening coat and the portion of cement occupying the apertures thus becoming an integral mass adapted securely to hold the frame 2 on the support 1.

It is frequently of consequence that the outlines of signs should be of exact predetermined shape with definitely clear and continuous edge lines. In the PI'QSGIltBIIlbOCllment the apertures, or holes 6, are disposed wholly within the margin of the frame, or letter, 2, and do not impair the continuous straight edge, or outline, 10 of theletter. Furthermore, any tendency of the frame 2 to move either laterally or in the direction away from the support lis restrained by carrying the coat of cement across the lateral edge 10 of the frame 2,so that it abuts said edge 10 and adheres to the support l. The

outer coat of cement 20 may readily be applied so as to form the abutment for the edge 10 and as portions of this outer coat also occupy positions overlying the apertures 6 and also merge with the pins 7 in the apertures, it will be seen that thecement abutting the edge 10 is continuous with theouter coat 20 and with the intervening coat 5, as well as with the pin 7, so that the frame 2 is securely locked on the support 1.

The invention realizes especial importance when the marginal portion of the display frame 2 is made of flexible metal asfor instance thin sheet metal, as copper or brass of a pliable character. In the embodiment illustrated, the frame 2 is formed of thin sheet copper stamped so that the material is dished,

or folded, as in Fig. 2, in which the numerals 12 and 13 indicate two plane faces, or facets, meeting in the line 14, the concavity formed by the faces 12 and 13 being the obverse side of the sign. Within the margin of the frame 2, the body portion of the frame is adapted to form an uninterrupted and continuous display surface, which may be gilded or highly llshed so as to be well adapted to reflect ight. \Vhen the margin of such a copper frame is pressed against the support 1, unless the margin is very accurately, constructed to be in a uniform plane throughout, and unless the surface to which it is appliedis similarly uniform, spaces are apt to intervene between the margin and the glass support 1, which might not be filled with the intervening cement. Furthermore, when the frame is of metal,"even though pliable, there is some tendency of the margin to buckle or depart from a predetermined plane. 7 It will be noted that the apertures 6 are numerous and are distributed throughout the margin of the frame 2, these apertures being little holes relatively close together,the provision of these holes rendering the marginal portion more pliable than the body portion of the frame, and permitting different portions, or areas, of the marginal portion, to be bent relative to each other more readily and without so much disturbance of adjacent portions, as would be the case Were the margin unprovided with the distribution of little holes. In order to increase the pliability of the attaching margin, the holes 6 are preferably distributed in closely spaced relation over said margin, and an effective Way for enhancing the pliability is to arrange the apertures in staggered relation as disclosed in Figs. 1 and 3. The foraminous marginal portion thus provided makes it readily pliable and easy to level so as to secure close relation to the support 1 throughout the marginal extent of the display frame.

Itis to be understood that the display frame herein referred to may be of a shape different from that illustrated, which latter is merely exemplary of one shape of sign. The invention may be used for window signs, window letters, and ornamental and busi ness signs of a great variety of shapes. Furthermore, the display device may be made of many different materials, as for instance brass, copper, bronze, zinc, lead, steel, and the like. The use of flexible and pliable metal is of much advantage in respect to certain aspects of the invention. It will be noted, however, that the securing effect of the cement pins and of the cement extending from such pins across the marginal edge of the frame is utilizable in connection with display frames which are not ordinarily regarded as flexible, as for instance display frames of glass, porcelain or the like.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 the frame is composed of a relatively thick cardboard body 15 having printed or embossed symbols 16 thereon,the body 15 being pasted to a layer of cloth, which latter has a marginal portion 17 extending out from the cardboard body 15, the marginal portion 17 being flexible and having a large number of holes 18, similar to the holes 6, and into which the cement on the support willenter.

In the drawing the apertures are of circular contour, but it is to be understood that other shapes may be used. The invention is specially useful in connection with signs formed by letters or symbols individually cemented to fine glass windows wherein a brilliant display of the body of the letter is sought. The cemented margin of the letter protects the face of the body of the letter from being defaced by moisture, dust and the like, there being assurance that the entire margin is sealed by the intervening cement,

the cement pins assuring that the letter will retain its position on the window against other than unusual force. By using waterproof cement, the sign may be washed freely without injuring it. The concavity, or recess, formed by the folds of the letter stiffen the body portion, thus assuring retention of its predetermined shape and surface, and the foraminous marginal portion may be bent here and there as may be needed, without materially altering the body of the letter as predesigned to be viewed.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the acc-ompanyingdrawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the follow ing claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A display device, as a letter, sign or the like, adapted to be cemented in display position, said device having a securing edge portion filled with little holes which receive the cement when the device is cemented in a display position.

2. A display device, as a letter, sign or the like, adapted to be cemented in display position, said device having a securing edge portion filled with little holes which receive the cement when the device is cemented in display position, said holes so related to each other as to render said securing edge portion readily pliable and adapt said edge portion to lie close to the support to which said edge portion is secured.

4. A display device, as a letter, sign or the like, adapted to be cemented in display position, said device having a securing edge portion filled with little holes whlch recelve the cement when the device is cemented in display position, said holes so related to each other as to render said securing edge portion readily pliable and adapt said edge portion to lie close to the support to which said edge portion is secured, said cement including a 

